Grand Mercure Shijiazhuang

... a noodle dish. <br><br>Luke and I went back another night, but lacked the mandarin to order the noodles, but we managed to get the lamb and some chinese beers. That same night we also managed to catch a live crab that was escaping from th restaurant. This was extremely entertaining for the other diners. <br><br>There are not alot of foriegners in Shijiazhuang. We were a real novelty. When luke was outside some ...

... he looks much older than me he's only 31. I ask him how much he makes for each 1,200 km trip, he says about 500 yuan. He says he can make the trip 20 times a month. He's got two sons, a wife, a nephew, both of his parents to support. Where he comes from he has to save money for his sons' wedding and the construction of their new home when they get married. It cost 60,000 yuan to find a wife and 100,000 to 150,000 to build a new house. He admits he'll ...

... 8221; <br><br>*Biography Art- brought in all my magazines, told them to use<br>words and pictures that describe themselves. <br><br>I usually have some kind of gift to give to the students that are participating a lot or won the game- things ranging from crayons and candles to headphones and baseball hats. Since going through my apartment and deciding what to bring home, I&#8217;ve added to my gift collection so this next week I&#8217;m going to have a raffle.

... house. The live in a storage unit where they sell children's books. We made dumplings and Willie got drunk with the grandpa. Kara and I bought some fun books- I want to give em to the kids I tutor as going away gifts because a lot of em are in Chinese and English. I think Young Young would really like one for her son too. Day of Fun in the Sun with Sunny and Jassi's families *I teach these two little girls and their moms always ask me do things with them but because ...

... which lies to the west, provide charming natural scenery. Mt. Cangyan Scenic Area and Zhangshiyan Scenic Area also attract visitors from all over China and the world. As the economic, political, cultural and scientific center of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang is becoming more and more ...

Since we've been back from our big trip, I've been a teach-aholic. On top of my Mon-Fri job at 42 Middle School, I've been teaching several new people though Mickey's Company, meeting with Young Young 4 nights a week, teaching at a new Foreign Language School 3-4 nights a week, and teaching at a Kindergarten twice week. My middle school students have been much better lately. They're still ridiculously loud and I still have ...

... head english teachers of the classes that were bad and some have been very helpful with discipline while others have done nothing. One teacher asked me to come to her class so the two boys that were bad could apologize to me- when i showed up i saw two boys standing there but only one of them was one of the bad ones. the other boy was actually very good in my class, always had a smile on his face and participated. he definitely wasn't ...

... hour) with tv on the wall, computer system to search songs and nice couches. we had a blast! 've haven't seen anyone with a disability/handicap which lead to them explaining to us that physical/mental disabilities are frowned upon in china-very very sad but they told us if they can detect a disability with an ultra sound, they'll usually abort it because it's not considered acceptable in their society and ...

... so they aren't so crammed and it'll allow me to do more activities. Helen was so cute when she was telling me about the room on the way there- she's like i'm sorry it is so dirty now, but don't worry, the students will be happy to clean it for you this afternoon- i was like oh, i can do it, and she's like no, they really want to do it for you- their excited to be able to go to this room and want to help. Helen also said I can put up ...

... ride to the question in my head repeating, "What am I doing in China?" I tried to calm myself by trying to think "what's the worse that could happen" but was met with many example which is unlike my personality. These thoughts included bombs, feces, and death by taxi. We arrived in the Beijing airport by Helen, a woman from the Foreign Affaris Office as well as a broken suitcase. They gave Alissa a new suitcase and let her keep the old one which made me think that with this ...